Jean De La Bruyere Quotes

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
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